My daily Apple blog for Computerworld

• How to use your Mac safely in public places February 14, 2019
  Coffee shops across the planet are populated by earnest Apple Mac-wielding remote and/or freelance workers – but are they taking steps to protect themselves in a public place? Follow this checklist to make sure you are protected.12 ways to use your Mac safely in public places 1. Worry about Wi-Fi Public Wi-Fi networks are dangerous […]
• What’s the enterprise business case for Apple Watch? February 13, 2019
  Apple’s is far and away the leading smartwatch brand according to the latest NPD data, so what business opportunity does the device offer to your enterprise?How does your business measure success? You have to think a little about what success means for your business. There are different ways to measure it.When it comes to Apple […]
• 5 QuickTime lessons for Apple’s new AR chief February 12, 2019
  In what I see as a signal of the importance of augmented reality (AR) to the company, Apple has put one of its most highly experienced executives, Frank Casanova, in command of AR product marketing.Enabling the AR tidal wave Casanova, Apple’s senior director of worldwide product marketing, led iPhone marketing for the original 2007 launch.He […]
• How to use iOS Reminders on your iPhone February 11, 2019
  Do you use the Reminders app on your iPhone? A little knowledge is usually all it takes to use reminders effectively, particularly so far as Siri is concerned.Sync up your reminders You can choose to keep your reminders solely on the device – this can be useful if some of your reminders are private or […]
• How to stay as private as possible on Apple's iPad and iPhone February 8, 2019
  Apple believes in your right to privacy. Here is some advice on how to use the tools it has given you to protect your privacy on an iOS device.Use a better passcode You probably already use a 4-digit passcode, but you can improve that with a 6-digit or alphanumeric code.You change this in Settings>Touch ID/Face […]
• Why Apple is disabling Safari’s Do Not Track feature February 7, 2019
  Apple takes privacy very seriously. It takes its leadership in that care seriously, and getting rid of the voluntary "Do Not Track" setting in its Safari browser is the right decision.Why disabling Safari’s Do Not Track feature is the right thing to do Apple introduced support for Do Not Track (DNT) in iOS 7 but […]
• How Nuance is blazing a path to a smarter Siri February 5, 2019
  Nuance’s recently announced Project Pathfinder solution gives us a glimpse at Siri’s smarter future.What is Project Pathfinder? Making Siri and other voice assistants smarter means machines must get much better at analyzing and understanding real-world conversations and developing AI models capable of handling their context and complexity.To read this article in full, please click here
• Apple’s digital health story is still waiting to be told February 4, 2019
  Apple has been quietly gathering the pieces it needs to create a connected ecosystem for digital health.Checking the temperature Apple isn’t alone in exploring opportunities in digital health, but it is the only company to offer a vast platform that already respects the data privacy required to support health solutions in almost every global jurisdiction.The […]
• Apple Retail offers enterprise-class MDM for the rest of us January 31, 2019
  Small- and medium-size businesses (SMB) using Apple technologies can now deploy the same system and device management tools as a major enterprise, using a solution that’s available for sale at Apple Retail stores.Cloud provisioning Apple's retail stores in the U.S. now sell a cloud-based mobile device management (MDM) solution aimed at SMBs. The solution is called Jamf […]
• Everything you need to know about Apple's Q2 19 results January 30, 2019
  I’ve dug through everything I could find to gather together some of the more interesting insights into the company’s business as smartphone sales slow.iPhones don’t matter any more iPhone revenue fell 15 percent year on year – though total revenue from other products and services climbed 19 percent. Apple warned of this earlier this month, […]